"In connection with which are published the Charter of the City of Houston, as amended to October 1913, and Extracts from the Constitution, the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, and the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to Municipal...

Reproduction of the 1866 facsimile of the original version published in Houston by Gray, Strickland of Houston in 1866. Original title: Houston city directory for 1866 : with a map of the city, directory to streets and localities, names of city,...

David Goldstein and Jill Jewitt interview former Mayor Louie Welch. Louie served as Mayor of the city of Houston from 1964 to 1973. Prior to that he served on the City council from 1950 to 1952, and then again from 1956 to 1962.

E. A. (Everett Augustus) Lyons was first elected as Harris County commissioner in 1942, when road conditions were a major issue in the county because 85% of the roads were unpaved. Throughout the war, the county could not get parts and materials...

Elementary Tickets, Date: "03/30/68": Footage from the National Education Association Department of Elementary School Principals meeting in Houston from March 30th through April 3rd, 1968; demonstrators with protest signs calling for Houston...

Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature (1968-1972); twice candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination (1972 and 1974); first female nominated as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. vice presidency (1972);...